IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,637
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,637 · App. 18/368,797 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Imitation flower bouquet system

Inventors: Jozef Karpiel (Boston, MA); Elana Walker (Boston, MA); Xinzhi Jiao (Boston, MA); Melissa Otis (Boston, MA); Robin Rose (Boston, MA)
Assignee: LOVEPOP. INC.
A41G1/00G09F1/06G09F1/065G09F1/08
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Patent No.
US 12,376,637
App. No.
18/368,797
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein provide an imitation flower bouquet system. In one implementation, an imitation flower arrangement has a decorative portion and a base portion, with the decorative portion including at least one imitation flower. An imitation vase includes a plurality of panels. The base portion of the imitation flower arrangement is mounted to the plurality of panels of the imitation vase at a set of one or more connections in a translational relationship. The translational relationship creates a free standing imitation flower bouquet that is moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the imitation flower arrangement and the imitation vase.

Claims (26)

1. An imitation bouquet system, the system comprising:

a decorative portion including at least one decorative feature, the at least one decorative feature formed by a plurality of decorative panels intersecting each other along an axis; and

an imitation vase including a plurality of panels, the decorative portion mounted to the imitation vase at a set of one or more connections in a translational relationship, the translational relationship creating a free-standing imitation bouquet moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the decorative portion and the imitation vase such that when the free-standing imitation bouquet moves between the folded position and the unfolded position, the decorative portion folds or unfolds.

2. The imitation bouquet system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one decorative feature includes at least one imitation flower, imitation leaf, imitation tree, imitation plant, character, imitation animal, or imitation object.

3. The imitation bouquet system of claim 1 , wherein the decorative portion is mounted to the imitation vase using a base portion having one or more imitation stem panels.

4. The imitation bouquet system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of panels is formed by a plurality of planar surfaces.

5. The imitation bouquet system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a base panel configured to lock the free-standing imitation bouquet in the unfolded position.

6. A method comprising:

presenting a free-standing imitation bouquet in a folded position, the free-standing imitation bouquet formed based on a translational relationship between a decorative portion and an imitation vase, the decorative portion including at least one decorative feature, the at least one decorative feature formed by a plurality of decorative panels intersecting each other along an axis, the imitation vase including at least one panel;

translating movement between the decorative portion and the imitation vase, such that when the free-standing imitation bouquet moves between the folded position and an unfolded position, the decorative portion folds or unfolds.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

maintaining the free-standing imitation bouquet in the unfolded position.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the free-standing imitation bouquet is maintained in the unfolded position using a base panel.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one decorative feature includes at least one imitation flower, imitation leaf, imitation tree, imitation plant, character, imitation animal, or imitation object.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the decorative portion includes a base portion.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the base portion includes one or more imitation stem panels.

12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the free-standing imitation bouquet is presented in an envelope in the folded position.

13. An imitation bouquet system, the system comprising:

a decorative portion including at least one decorative feature, the at least one decorative feature formed by a plurality of decorative panels intersecting each other along an axis; and

an imitation vase including at least one panel, the decorative portion mounted to the imitation vase in a translational relationship, the translational relationship creating a free-standing imitation bouquet moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the decorative portion and the imitation vase such that when the free-standing imitation bouquet moves between the folded position and the unfolded position, the decorative portion folds or unfolds.

14. The imitation bouquet system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one decorative feature includes at least one imitation flower, imitation leaf, imitation tree, imitation plant, character, imitation animal, or imitation object.

15. The imitation bouquet system of claim 13 , wherein the decorative portion is mounted to the imitation vase using a base portion having one or more imitation stem panels.

16. The imitation bouquet system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one panel is a planar surface.

17. The imitation bouquet system of claim 13 , further comprising:

a base panel configured to lock the free-standing imitation bouquet in the unfolded position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2023
From: KARPIEL, JOZEF; WALKER, ELANA; JIAO, XINZHI; OTIS, MELISSA; ROSE, ROBIN
To: LOVEPOP, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17139749 · Dec 31, 2020
Continuation In Part 29749210 · Sep 3, 2020
Related Publication 20240016248A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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